How fat was Henry VIII?

and 101 other questions on royal history

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May 28, 2025 | History

How fat was Henry VIII?

and 101 other questions on royal history

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  • 1 Currently reading

Most of us know that Queen Victoria ruled over a great Empire, that King John signed the Magna Carta, and that Harold was killed at the Battle of Hastings. But this book, for inquisitive visitors to the royal palaces and monarchy buffs everywhere, takes us to the heart of the matter, and tells us what we really want to know about life behind the palace walls: Which monarch had the most eccentricities? Which king invented the handkerchief? Which queen pretended to be invisible? Which king was afraid of witches? Did King Canute harness the waves? Why did Charles II hide in an oak tree? Which king pawned his crown? Did monarchs use contraception? Who was Britain's first royal motorist? Did Mary Queen of Scots murder her husband?

Publish Date
Publisher
History Press
Language
English
Pages
312

Previews available in: English

Book Details


Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-306) and index.

Published in
Stroud, Gloucestershire
Genre
Miscellanea, Anecdotes
Other Titles
How fat was Henry the Eighth

Classifications

Library of Congress
DA28.1 L28 2008, DA28.1, DA28.1 .L36 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
312 p. ;
Number of pages
312

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL23656120M
Internet Archive
howfatwashenryvi0000lamo
ISBN 13
9780750947374
LCCN
2009294853
OCLC/WorldCat
227920072
LibraryThing
7809941
Goodreads
5676827

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL619976W

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